Deer ticks are infamous for transmitting Lyme disease and can infect people with other pathogens. Climate scientists—remember them?—have warned us for years that the climate crisis is going to be that ever happened to epidemic disease. Lyme disease is the primary tick-borne disease, and Lyme disease is no joke. 60 Minutes did a story about an ongoing tick-borne outbreak of Lyme disease on Nantucket, of all places. Lyme disease is a tough one, but there are more serious zoonotic diseases out there.